• 1967: Folk singer Woodie Guthrie dies in New York City at the age of 52

September 5

• 1987: After 30 years, the television show “American Bandstand” is cancelled

• 1946: Freddie Mercury of Queen is born Frederick Farookh Bulsara

September 6

• 1989: Neil Young wins Best Video at the MTV Music Awards for “This Note’s For You,” which was originally banned by the station

• 1985: After Paul McCartney suggests he invest in publishing rights, Michael Jackson outbids the surviving Beatles and purchases the ATV music catalog, which contains the rights to over 250 John Lennon/Paul McCartney songs, for $47 million, thus ending his friendship with McCartney

• 1961: Bob Dylan makes his live performance debut at The Gaslight Café in New York City

• 1944: Roger Waters of Pink Floyd is born

September 7

• 1996: Tupac Shakur and Marion “Suge” Knight are shot while driving in Knight’s Mercedes following a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas; Shakur will die six days later

• 1968: Pete Townshend of The Who tells Rolling Stone magazine that he has an idea of creating a rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy

September 16

• 1970: Jimi Hendrix makes his final public appearance when he joins Eric Burdon and WAR at a London club

• 1925: B.B. King is born Riley B. King

September 17

• 1967: Ed Sullivan requests that Jim Morrison change the lyrics “Girl we couldn’t get much higher” to “Girl we couldn’t get much better” during their performance; Morrison agrees but performs the original lyrics

September 18

• 1983: KISS appear on MTV without their makeup

• 1970: Jimi Hendrix dies in London

September 19:

• 1981: Simon and Garfunkel reunite to perform in New York City’s Central Park for over 400,000 fans

September 20

• 1970: Jim Morrison of The Doors is found guilty of indecent exposure during a Miami concert

September 21

• 1968: Trugoy of De La Soul is born David Jude Jolicoeur

September 22

• 1960: Joan Jett is born Joan Larkin

September 23

• 1974: Robbie McIntosh of The Average White Band dies when he mistakenly snorts pure heroin, thinking it was cocaine

• 1949: Bruce Springsteen is born

September 24

• 1993: Drummer Steven Adler of Guns N’ Roses is awarded $2.5 million from the band for being kicked out due to an ongoing heroin addiction

September 25

• 1980: Led Zeppelin’s John “Bonzo” Bonham dies of alcohol abuse

• 1976: Boston’s debut album enters the charts and will become the fastest selling debut album in history

September 26

• 1969: San Francisco’s concert hall, The Fillmore West opens

September 27

• 1947: Meat Loaf is born Marvin Lee Aday

September 28

• 1991: Jazz legend Miles Davis dies in New York at the age of 65

September 29

• 1935: Jerry Lee Lewis is born

September 30

• 1964: Trey Anastasio of Phish is born

• 1963: Jim Croce dies when his plane crashes into a tree upon takeoff

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